The A List! News about Second Life

Second Life has announced the following information for our grid:

New CEO : Ebbe Altberg

Mesh update : tools, platform, community

Online Access : Android cell phone and iOS coming next

Folks, we are about to announce Liftoff!

Yes, we are very excited about the new changes and its possibilities.

Note: 2014 Rules for The A List! will be distributed this week.


The A List!
Xavier Thiebaud
Raftwet Jewell




Post written by RJ
Photo by raftwet jewell

ART in Second Life : Claudia222 Jewell

Claudia222 Jewell : Art Screamer, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.

Mesh artist, Claudia222 Jewell has installed an entire region of mesh objects in Second Life.

A fantastic build of fantasy and surrealism, Claudia222 Jewell has accomplished her goal with her art installation.


Go check out this build!


Art Screamer (128, 128, 23)


More photos and story at raftwet jewell's blog.

Live Music - Nigel C. Palmer

Nigel C Palmer playing at Karaoke Heaven

Nigel C Palmer is a vocalist, singer, songwriter in real life & in second life

Nigel C. Palmer is an avatar in Second Life and a real life musican. His musical sets in world are melodic, dramatic and moving. Ask him to do his rendition of "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson... it will surprise you!

All photos belong to RAFTWET Jewell and this blog, THE A LIST!

All content written by raftwet jewell for this blog post.

dj bodenhall at PeKashee

dj bodenhall at PeKashee, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.

So nice... dancing with my baby again! That's right... we are back on the Second Life grid again.

Tonight, we stopped off at PeKashee for a romantic dance to dj Bodenhall's cool, smooth tunes of RnB, Blues, Jazz and Lounge music.



I missed my baby very much in this place called Second Life... so glad to have him in my arms again!





All photos by raftwet jewell  for THE A LIST! blog and other networks.

Partnerships and Friends

Happy Summer to everyone here at THE A LIST!

Our focus of unifying the grid has been a very difficult process. A process that sometimes caused us to almost give up on the hope of making peace within the business and creative communities. We worked hard for you and the majority of our group appreciated the small ways we tried to help.

We created internet properties to bring our photographs, words and promotions for the varying interests here on the Second Life grid. Sometimes, we could not do everything due to a lack of resources and manpower. The successes have been remarkable, though. We see many of you networking together, creating new groups, new offerings and working together in a cohesive way. That is our main success.

We also saw a few that did not support us no matter what we did. And, that was disheartening. Networking is complicated and sometimes people did not see the positive unless their name was up front. That can not happen as there are many in our group and each of you have an important interest here in Second Life.

Our focus now is to move forward, continue to network our group and to provide a vehicle for your interests. Here's to prosperity at the end of this year, 2011! Economy in the US is showing an uptick and that is a very good sign for the entire world. Cheers!

For any questions or concerns, please contact Raftwet or Xavier for further information.

THE A LIST!
Xavier Thiebaud
Raftwet Jewell

THE A LIST!  internet properties:

• http://thealistsl.blogspot.com
• http://facebook.com/thealistvirtual
• http://www.koinup.com/group/thealistsl/
• http://flickr.com/raftwetjewell
• http://flickr.com/groups/thealistvirtual
• http://twitter.com/thealistsl

All content created and uploaded by raftwet jewell for THE A LIST! blog.

THE A LIST! - Borked Communications!

Hello everyone! Just want to say how difficult posting has been recently for the group, THE A LIST! The new updates to the viewer have been a bit borky for me. My notices are not showing up at my desktop when I am online. They sporadically show up in my email offline, but even there, I am missing quite a few.



When I am online, the notices will come and then some are missing, so posting up to FaceBook has been problematic as I am trying to post for each notice.

Also, as a reminder, I want to let everyone know that only 420 characters are allowed on status post. Make sure you include the slurl or at least the region and the coordinates (that takes less characters than the long slurl). And, I don't want to get into notecards as many of us will not open an unknown link on Facebook! Nooooo! LOL!



Anyway, please have patience as the grid works out the problems within groups and communications for THE A LIST! . I am sometimes not receiving notices... even when I am in-world! So, please do not feel that we are slighting you in any way.

Sigh... the grid is morphing and updating and changing. We will be patient as the LR brings the grid up to speed with all our group needs and communications.


Photos by raftwet jewell of Xavier and Raftwet in Second Life. 
Content uploaded by rafee jewell.

mr widget : muzik haus

mr widget : muzik haus, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.












MR WIDGET : MUZIK HAUS
WidgetMuzikHaus.com


Mash-up Tonight
Funk-a-delic w/ Hendrix


Braunworth (155, 209, 175)

trav mccullough in second life

trav mccullough in second life, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.









TRAV MCCULLOUGH : Jazz, lounge, country, popular
Vocalist in Second Life
http://www.my.calendars.net/trav_mccullough







He will melt your heart!







Location Tonight: The Blue Room
REVA Blue Nile (35, 46, 21)






All photos and content by raftwet jewell for THE A LIST! blog.
Location tonight at The Blue Room.

cataplexia and mike at the savoy jazz club

cataplexia and mike at the savoy jazz club, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.







Popular dj Cataplexia has a wonderful music catalogue and plays at The Savoy Jazz Club and other venues on the grid. She is also an accomplished artist.




Listening to her set is musically interesting in that, she mixes classic jazz and lounge music with the contemporary artists who are covering them. Indie artists covering the classics will surprise your listening ear.




Her sets are always a pleasure to hear, and both of us (Xavier and Raftwet) enjoy them very much!






All photos and content by raftwet jewell for THE A LIST! blog.
Location: The Savoy Jazz Club in Second Life

maximillion kleene in second life

maximillion kleene in second life, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.

Maximillion Kleene is a live musician in Second Life spreading good cheer and happy music throughout the grid. Acoustic songs of indie, alternative, contemporary and even his own compositions, you can find him almost everyday somewhere on the grid playing to his ardent fans!

Tonight, this Sunday, he is playing at Army OneSource, a resource sim for military families. Max helps out those on the grid with fundraising, awareness and drawing the crowds for region owners everywhere.

Everybody is welcome
http://www.myarmyonesource.com/

Casual attire
Army OneSource (50, 158, 23)

All content and photos by raftwet jewell for THE A LIST! blog.

Kitty on raftwet jewell's shoulder by LOLO Pets in Second Life.

COSTA RICA - GRAND OPENING

COSTA RICA - GRAND OPENING, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.







COSTA RICA GRAND OPENING


Colonial Shopping District


Costa Rica celebrates community, commerce, outdoors, sports and events.




Visit their multiple regions in Second Life.
Colonial Shopping District is located on Old Costa Rica















All content and photos by raftwet jewell for THE A LIST! blog and other networks.
Permission to use portions or in whole are not allowed.

cherry manga at tournicoton art gallery

cherry manga at tournicoton art gallery, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.





My avatar was bitten by the cyber bug after watching Tron, the big Disney release in mid-December. I had to burn that feeling so I walked about in a cyber outfit for a few days.




On Dec 19th, I went over to Tournicoton Art Gallery to see Cherry Manga's installation. The ghostly white installation was stark against the black night and the artwork floated in the sky near the long walkway.




Other artists were at the show, but I was there to see Cherry's work as she has been a favorite artist of mine for a very long time.


JayJay Zinfanwe just sent out the UWA (University Western Australia) announcements for December's round of their art challenge and low and behold! Cherry Manga's work was the winner for last months competition. 


His comments, "...Cherry Manga's  IL PLEUT SUR MON COEUR COMME IL PLEUT SUR LA VILLE (It's raining in my heart, as it's raining in the town) took out the top prize (L$10,000) for the December round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. "




Go and check out her work at the UWA show! You will also be mesmerized by her work. She deserves the recognition and the win. Her work has always captivated me in more ways than I can explain.


For more info, please visit UWA's website. 
January kiosk for receiving artwork is located here: slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/63/128/249




Photos by raftwet jewell at Tournicoton Art Gallery and uploaded for THE A LIST! blog.

raftwet, xavier of THE A LIST!

raftwet, xavier at dj healer ladybird party, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.












What a great year 2010 has been for us. 



THE A LIST! tries to network everyone's business interests here in Second Life by providing a vehicle of transparency. We allow you to use this group for your needs. We even allow you to form your own group by using our resources to network. We do not restrict much except for the big no no's. We want our notices to be informative without drama or unsavory language. And, most of all, we respect you as business owners, group owners, club/venue owners, and artists/musicians.



The benefits are great for us, too. We get to hang out with you and attend great parties when we have the time. We go to your events because we really want to; not just because you are in our group. We applaud joyously for our musicians. We believe in you and we truly enjoy your music.









What we hope is that you all understand that we are doing the best we can with the limited resources and man-power to blog and social network your interests. Please do not allow your feelings to fester. Communicate with us if you see a problem or criticism. We are not perfect. And, real life often interferes with our schedule, so sometimes we can not be where we want to be with you.




We have also started a new flickr group called THE A LIST! Virtual. Please join us and share your photos. We want to tell everyone about your personal and business interests. Help us to spread the word about you!










Please feel free to post or comment your info on our virtual sites:


THE A LIST!
thealistsl.blogspot.com
facebook.com/thealistvirtual
www.flickr.com/groups/thealistvirtual/